Romania's meteorological authority has extended its orange code weather warning period until Monday, July 23, in many counties amid forecasts of continued high temperatures, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu announced Saturday.
The capital city of Bucharest and 20 of Romania's 41 counties are to remain under orange code warning, Nicolaescu said at the end of a meeting of the Interministerial Committee for the prevention of heatwave effects, adding that the rest of the country will be under yellow code warning.
As the heatwave peaked, all but 10 of the nation's counties had been put under orange code warning Friday.
According to the National Weather Forecast Administration (ANM), the temperature is expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius in the coming days in the counties under orange code and between 35 and 38 degrees Celsius in the counties under yellow code, the minister said.
The orange code warning means that dangerous meteorological phenomena of high intensity are expected, while the yellow code warning means that the weather phenomena are usual for the area, but they can become dangerous sometimes.
A ban on heavy vehicles remains valid for the counties under orange code, while trains must lower their speed on the entire territory.
The heatwave that has hit most parts of Romania killed two more people Friday, raising the death toll this week to seven, according to Nicolaescu.
On Tuesday, the ANM issued the orange code warning for the capital and 21 of Romania's 41 counties, and it was extended to another 10 counties as the heatwave spread Friday.
In June, 30 people died in a two-week heatwave in the Black Sea country.
Source: Xinhua
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